Sean Michael Kerner

British Airways disclosed on Sept. 7 that it was the victim of a data breach that exposed details on 380,000 customers. The breach involved data from British Airways’ mobile application and website at ba.com. The airline noted in its advisory that stolen data did not include customers’ passport information or travel details. However, hackers stole […]

Mozilla released Firefox 62.0 on Sept. 5, providing users of the open-source web browser on Linux, macOS, Windows, Android and iOS with new features and security updates. Among the new features in the desktop version of Firefox is an update to the new tab display page, known as Firefox Home. Since 2012 and the Firefox 13 […]

Among the new security acronyms that have emerged in recent years is SOAR, which stands for Security Orchestration, Automation and Response. SOAR technology aims to solve multiple pain points for enterprises, which Demisto outlined in its State of SOAR Report 2018, released on Sept. 6. Demisto surveyed 250 senior IT business leaders as part of […]

Security ratings firm BitSight announced on Sept. 5 that it is expanding its offerings with the launch of the new BitSight Forecasting service. The BitSight Forecasting capability builds on BitSight’s existing ratings service that helps organizations measure and benchmark cyber-security posture and maturity. With Forecasting, BitSight now enables organizations to estimate the impact of different […]

The FIN6 cyber-hacking group has been increasingly attacking point of sale (PoS) systems, according to an IBM report released on Sept. 5. According to IBM’s X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), FIN6 has been using FrameworkPOS and GratefulPOS malware to steal payment card data from PoS systems throughout 2017 and into 2018. In the […]

The U.S. Department of Department of Defense has been incrementally adopting open-source software and methodologies to improve efficiency and reduce costs. In a session at the Open Source Summit on Aug. 31, Jordan Kasper of the Defense Digital Service (DDS) outlined the steps the DoD has taken thus far and some of the lessons learned. […]

IBM is advancing its efforts to improve developer productivity with the launch of the new IBM Developer portal.  In a video interview with eWEEK, Angel Diaz, vice president of Developer Advocacy and Technology at IBM, explains what the new IBM Developer portal is all about. A relaunch of IBM’s Developerworks portal, which provided tools and resources […]

VANCOUVER, BC—Linus Torvalds is no longer worried about what happens to Linux if he gets hit by a bus, as he’s confident there is a work flow process in place that guarantees the success of Linux. Torvalds, the creator of Linux, shared his views on the future of Linux in a conversation with Dirk Hohndel, […]

VANCOUVER, B.C.—The Linux Foundation is set to expand its Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) for improving open-source code security, that was initially setup in the aftermath of the OpenSSL Heartbleed vulnerability in 2014. In a video interview at the Open Source Summit, Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the Linux Foundation explains why the CII remains a […]

The OpenStack Foundation announced the general availability of its Rocky release on Aug. 30, providing new capabilities for both private and public cloud operators. Among the highlights of the OpenStack Rocky release are improvements to the “Ironic” project’s bare metal provisioning service as well as enhancements that enable organizations to migrate to newer versions of […]

VANCOUVER, B.C.—There are a lot of different things that developers can do to improve open source code quality, but being driven by fear isn’t one of them, according to Window Snyder, chief security officer at Intel. Snyder participated in a keynote conversation with Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, at the Open Source […]

Vancouver, B.C.—At the Open Source Summit North America here on Aug. 29, Greg Kroah-Hartman warned attendees about the severe impact the Meltdown and Spectre CPU vulnerabilities could have on them, as well as detailed how Linux kernel developers are dealing with the flaws. Kroah-Hartman is one of the world’s leading Linux kernel developers, with responsibility […]